featured content: graphic poetry by tyler barton

featured content: graphic poetry by tyler barton

Tyler Barton lives in Saranac Lake, NY. His work in this issue is inspired by living with housing insecurity for the past two years, with all the text in his work […]

december spotlight: writer — gary belsky

december spotlight: writer — gary belsky

Gary Belsky, the former editor in chief of ESPN The Magazine, is the president of Elland Road Partners, a media consulting firm, and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books. december Q&A december: […]

december spotlight: poet — christine kwon

december spotlight: poet — christine kwon

Christine Kwon is a Korean American poet and fiction writer. Her debut poetry collection, A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue, won the Cowles Poetry Book Prize (Southeast Missouri State University Press, […]

december spotlight: poet — shannan mann

december spotlight: poet — shannan mann

Shannan Mann writes poetry, essays, and is currently working on a novel. Her novel is, “set across India, Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand. Also, across time. Also, one of the chapters is narrated by a frying pan.” She is a mom to a cricket-loving three year old. And she runs OnlyPoems.net, a beautiful on-line lit mag, with her partner.

ufology [noun, “the study of ufos”] by albert goldbarth — featured poem

ufology [noun, “the study of ufos”] by albert goldbarth — featured poem

2023 pushcart nominees

2023 pushcart nominees

welcome to the team — isabelle stillman, editor/publisher

welcome to the team — isabelle stillman, editor/publisher

We are thrilled to announce that, come January 2024, Isabelle Stillman will take the reins as the Editor/Publisher of december magazine, marking an exciting new chapter in our publication’s rich history. Isabelle, originally from St. Louis, MO, and […]

december in December

december in December

Join us for a fabulous reading event at the Contemporary Art Museum

Join us for an evening of poetry

Join us for an evening of poetry

New name, same great contest!

New name, same great contest!

We’re excited to announce that our poetry contest, previously known as the Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize, has been renamed the Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize. This change honors Marvin […]